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Amphetamine vs Bupropion - What's the difference?

amphetamine | bupropion | Hypernyms |

Amphetamine is a hypernym of bupropion.


As nouns the difference between amphetamine and bupropion

is that amphetamine is amphetamine while bupropion is an aminoketone antidepressant that acts as a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor and nicotinic antagonist.

amphetamine

Alternative forms

* amfetamine

Noun

  • (organic compound, proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.
  • (informal) Any mixture of the amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; any chemical that can be described by an enantiomeric ratio of the amphetamine enantiomers.
  • (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
  • (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.
  • Derived terms

    * methamphetamine * substituted amphetamine

    bupropion

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia bupropion)
  • An aminoketone antidepressant that acts as a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor and nicotinic antagonist.
  • Synonyms

    * amfebutamone

    Hypernyms

    * amphetamine * phenethylamine * aminoketone ----